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Recent feedback from former President Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers preview potential well being coverage pursuits underneath a second Trump administration. Trump is but once more eyeing modifications to the Affordable Care Act, whereas key lawmakers need to repeal Medicare drug value negotiations.
Also, this week introduced information of the primary publicly reported loss of life attributed to delayed care underneath a state abortion ban. Vice President Kamala Harris mentioned the loss of life reveals the results of Trump’s actions to dam abortion entry.
This week’s panelists are Emmarie Huetteman of KFF Health News, Joanne Kenen of Politico and the Johns Hopkins University’s colleges of nursing and public well being, Tami Luhby of CNN, and Shefali Luthra of The nineteenth.
Among the takeaways from this week’s episode:
Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), Trump’s working mate, says Trump is eager about loosening ACA guidelines to make cheaper insurance policies out there. While the marketing campaign has mentioned little about what Trump would do or how it will work, the modifications might embody eliminating protections towards larger premiums for these with preexisting circumstances. Republicans would additionally doubtless let enhanced subsidies for ACA premiums expire.
Key Republican lawmakers mentioned this week that they’re eager about repealing the Inflation Reduction Act’s provisions enabling Medicare drug pricing negotiations. Should Trump win, that stance might create intraparty tensions with the previous president, who has vowed to “take on Big Pharma.”
A state overview board in Georgia dominated that the loss of life in 2022 of a 28-year-old mom, after her docs delayed performing a dilatation and curettage process, was preventable. Harris tied the loss of life to Trump’s efforts to overturn Roe v. Wade, which included appointing three Supreme Court justices who voted to get rid of the constitutional proper to an abortion.
And in well being tech information, the FDA has individually green-lighted two new Apple product capabilities: an Apple Watch function that assesses the wearer’s danger of sleep apnea, and an AirPods function that turns the earbuds into listening to aids.
Plus, for “extra credit,” the panelists recommend well being coverage tales they learn this week that they suppose you must learn, too:
Emmarie Huetteman: The Washington Post’s “What Warning Labels Could Look Like on Your Favorite Foods,” by Lauren Weber and Rachel Roubein.
Shefali Luthra: KFF Health News’ “At Catholic Hospitals, a Mission of Charity Runs Up Against High Care Costs for Patients,” by Rachana Pradhan.
Tami Luhby: Politico Magazine’s “Doctors Are Leaving Conservative States To Learn To Perform Abortions. We Followed One,” by Alice Miranda Ollstein.
Joanne Kenen: The New York Times’ “This Chatbot Pulls People Away From Conspiracy Theories,” by Teddy Rosenbluth, and The Atlantic’s “When Fact-Checks Backfire,” by Jerusalem Demsas.
Also talked about on this week’s podcast:
ProPublica’s “Abortion Bans Have Delayed Emergency Medical Care. In Georgia, Experts Say This Mother’s Death Was Preventable,” by Kavitha Surana.
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